Vaporic steam-gun.



G. WI. BROWHE.

- VAPORIU STEAM GUN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 190a.

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GEORGE W. BROWNE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VAPORIC STEAM-GUN.

. To all whom it may concern:

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaporic Steam-Guns, of which the following is a specification such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to what I call vaporic steam guns, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class intended to be used as a means for destroying all kinds of insects, crawling or flying insects, by means of a jet of live steam, or by means of a. jet of live steam in connection with a vapor of an essential oil known to be noxious to or destructive of insect life; and with this and other objects in view the inventlon consists in a device of the class speoi fied constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification. of which the accompanylng drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the iews. and in which;

Figure 1 is a top view of my improvement, part of the construction being in section, and :Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the parts in a different position.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawing, I provide a reservoir or boiler n which is preferably spherical in form, and through the center of which is passed a shaft or axle b which is rigidly secured thereto ortherein, and the ends of which project from the opposite sides thereof as shown at b and are screw-threaded.

The device is provided with a handle 0 having a yoke-shaped member 0 and the ends of the shaft or axle I)? pass through the ends 0 of the side arms of the yoke-shaped member 0 of the handle a, and the end portions of said shaft are provided inwardly of the side arms of the yoke-shaped member 0 with stationary Washers b and outside of the said side arms with thumb nuts d, and

by means of this construction the arms of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908. Serial No. 431,811.

of this construction the boiler'a may be so adjusted as to be held in any desired position by means of the handle 0.

I also provide a nozzle tube 6 which is passed inwardly through one side of the reservoir or boiler a radiallythereof and Se cured therein at e in any desired manner so as to make a steam tight joint, and the inner end of the nozzle tube 0, in the form v,of construction shown, extends inwardly to the shaft or axle Z) and is provided with semicircular recesses e in its opposite sides in which the shaft or axle 1) fits, and this serves to aid in holding the nozzle tube 6 in proper position, and said nozzle tube is also preferably provided adjacent to its inner end with ports or passages e through which steam may pass as indicated by the arrows o, and steam. is also free to pass into the inner end of said tube.

The outer end of the nozzle tube 6 is preferably reduced as shown at c. and mounted thereon is a tubular nozzle 7' which is preferably connected with the nozzle tube 6 by friction only, but said nozzle f is designed to fit the reduced end of the tube 6 tightly so that an increase of pressure of steam in the reservoir or boiler (1 beyond the desired point will result in blowing off the nozzle 7' I an inclined head f at one side of which is a steam discharge port f? through which, in practice, steam is discharged as shown at and I also provide a heater, consisting in the form of construction shown, of an alcohol lamp 9 having a detachable weighted base through which is passed a bail h, the ends of which are provided, in the form of construction shown, with eyes or rings h through which the ends of the shaft or axle b are loosely passed before the handle 0 is connected therewith, or said bail may be provided with hooks by means of which the lamp 9 may be suspended from said shaft or vaxle at any time.

by a screw-threaded plug i The lamp 9 is preferably an ordinary alcohol lamp, and may be constructed in any desired manner, and constructed as hereinbefore described the device is particularly adapted for use in killing or destroying all kinds of crawling insects, and in this operation the reservoir or boiler a is partly filled with water, the lamp g-ignited andsteam is quickly generated in said reservoir or boiler.

It will be understood that the device is manipulated by means of the handle 0, and the said device may be so held as to turn the discharge steam from the nozzle f in any desired. direction, -or into any desired position or locality, and in order to facilitate this operation the reservoir or boiler a may be adjusted in the yoke-shaped part 0 of the handle a into any desired position, and in this way a jet of steam may be directed into the corners of a ceiling, or around a molding, or beneath a base-board or into 'any crevice, crack or locality where insects hide or accumulate, and into the various parts of a bed-stead, its joints or connections, and a jet of steam from the nozzle f may be directed through a mattress or any part of the covering or clothing of a bed.

It is a well known fact that. lnsects of any kind or'class cannot live in or survive a bath of live steam, and by means of my improvement all such insects that can be reached directly or indirectly may be destroyed as may also all e gs or larva of such insects.

In order to particularly adapt my improvement for the destruction of flying insects, such as mos uitos, flies, fleas, moths and the like, I provide a tubular flask j'halving s ring clamps or bands 3' by which it may e connected with the tube 6 and the nozzle f, and one end of which is closed by a screw plug 7' through which is passed a tube 7'. one end of which, when the plug j is screwed into .position, extends downwardly into the bottom of the flask 7', and the other end of which projects adjacent to the steam discharge port or passage f of the nozzle The. ask jis filled with an essential oil,the .vapor fof'which is noxious to, or destructive of, insectsrand when the flask 7' is secured in position as shown in Fig. 2, the steam whichescapes from the reservoir or boiler a will draw out and vaporize the oil insaid flask, and said steam and vapor will destroy all of said insects or drive them :from the house in which the device is used.

My improvement may also be. used in some of the trades or arts, as for instances in thawing out frozen pipes, in which 'op-' eration a plumber. or other operator'may direct a steam jet into oragainst such pipes, or in cleaning out pipes clogged with grease or other substances, in which operation a jet of steam may be directed into such pipes;

in the reservoir or boiler a is preferably never suflicient to reach or cover the inner end of the pipe 6, and the said reservoir or boiler may be cleaned or rinsed out whenever desired through the opening at 2' and said opening may be madeof any desired dimensions.

The device herein shown and described is perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and my invention is not limited to the exact construction shown and described, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without depa ting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir having projecting supports at its opposite sides, a handle connected withsaid supports, a heater adapted to be pivotally suspended from said supports, and a tube passing radially into said reservoir and provided at its outer end with a discharge nozzle.

2. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir having projecting supports at its opposite sides, a handle connected with said supports, a heater adapted to be pivotally suspended from said supports, and a tube passing radially into said reservoir and provided at its outer end with a discharge nozzle, said tube and nozzle being also provided with a flask having a discharge tube which terminates adjacent to the discharge port of said nozzle.

3. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir provided at its opposite sides with projecting supports, a handle provided with a yoke-shaped member mounted on said supports, said reservoir being rotatable and adjustable in said yoke-shaped member, a

swinging heater adapted to be suspended from said supports, and a nozzle tube passing radially into said reservoir at a predetermined point and in a vertical plane pass ing through the axis of the handle and proii ed at its outer end with a nozzle having a discharge port.

4. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir provided at its opposite sides with supports, a handle connected with said supports and in which said reservoir is rotatable and adjustable, a heater adapted to be suspended by and rotatable on the supports of the handle, and a tube passing into one nearer side of said reservoir and in a vertical plane passing through the axis of the handle, and provided at its outer end with a detachable nozzle havin a discharge port at an angle to the axis olt said tube. V

5.- A device of the class described comprising a reservoir provided with a handle connected with supports at the opposite sides thereof and in which said reservoir is rotatable and adjustable, a heater adapted to be suspended by and rotatable on the supports "of the handle, and a tube passing into one side of said reservoir and in a vertical plane passing through the axis of the handle, and provided at its outer end with a detachable nozzle having a discharge port at an angle to the axis of said tube, said tube and nozzle beingalso provided with a detachable flask having a tube, one end of which extends thereinto and the other end of which projects adjacent to the discharge port of the nozzle. I

6. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir, a handle member in which said reservoir is mounted and adjustable, a swinging heater adapted to be suspended from said reservoir, and a tube passing into said reservoir radially thereof, and'the outer end of which is provided with a discharge nozzle. 1

7. A device of the class described comprising areservoir, a handle member in which said reservoir is mounted and adjustable, a swinging heater adapted to be suspended from said reservoir, and a tube passing into said reservoir radially thereof, and the outer end of which is provided with a discharge nozzle, said nozzle and tube being also provided with a detachable flask having a tube, one end of. Which projects adjacent to the discharge port of said nozzle.

8. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir, a handle member in which said reservoir is mounted and adapted to swing, a swinging heater suspended beneath said reservoir, ar d a tube passing into said reservoir and the outer end of which is provided with a discharge nozzle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 8th day of May 1908.

GEORGE W. BROWNE.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, M. E. DooDY. 

